Er, what?

I’m inclined to agree about Mina, although I think you’re right that it was more to do with simplifying the structure of a story which – in true style of its era – was a tad prone to wandering about the houses.

But I think Lucy was more of a metaphor for internet attention seekers – with their coterie of admirers (per @miapatrick…[Read more]

Well. if the white ghosty things start singing Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead we’ll know you were on to something…

To be fair, I’m not sure stakes would be terribly effective against wolves and also, of course, wolves come with their own fear-lore.

Another easter egg: the ward Zoe was in was ward AD 72. Check out IMDB if not familiar.

Burned Lucy was epic and her demise a splendid nod to Buffy.

There was a bit of fluff on Twitter about the…[Read more]

Just when you think certain corners of DW “fandom” can’t sink any lower…. pic.twitter.com/nClWmwi33W

— Gary Russell (@twilightstreets) January 2, 2020

Anyway, is there something wrong with my computer? Where are all the posts from new members who signed up to complain about diverse casting?

I think they just sent a representative.

SJW whinge: check

Cuck: Check

Erratic punctuation: Check

Poor anger management: check

Inability to get laid: implicit.

@miapatrick @cathannabel

I…

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Why does the Master have to steal a body?

Somewhere in the dim recesses of my memory is the thought that this is an echo of something that has happened before. BG (but not necessarily DW)….

I have a flash of memory from many, many many years ago, of an air stewardess going along a plane and collecting passengers (who have all be…[Read more]

Speaking of fake outs….

Definitely not just you.

@badwolfalice   @twelveismydoctor

I thought they had a “neurones firing” vibe. Makes me think this might be a psychological representation of being squished into a matchbox.

Well I thought it was a hoot, and anything that get the Angry Virgins vexed has an edge in my book.

How is your squeeing going? ‘cos you’ll need to get it out of your system by Sunday!

And, of course, we know where Sacha Dahwan met the Doctor before…

welcome back to the land of the living(-ish).

Speaking of living-ish, a forum for Dracula?

An interesting comment let down by some puerile whinging about SJW/feminist crap that make you look like the worst Youtube fuckwit.

“The time traveller returns for a fresh set of adventures, beginning with a two-part story. When intelligence agents around the world come under attack from alien forces, MI6 turns to the only people who can help – a certain Doctor and her companions. As they travel the globe in pursuit of answers, threats arrive…

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Incredible letter to the Irish Times this week. Please take a moment.

(Thanks to the many people who have sent this to me.) pic.twitter.com/uMi10NSy9j

— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) December 22, 2019

Whatevs. Yesterday the Premier League used the anti-racism protocol for the first time at Spurs-Chelsea (incorrectly – they lacked the balls to take the teams off, as the protocol requires) and Stormzy got monstered by major media who changes “Yes, 100%” (meaning yes, definitely) to “Stormzy says Britain os 100% racist”).

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As I am sure you are aware, Wellingborough is about 8 miles up the A45 from Northampton. It is where my brother lives, with his wife.

His Polish wife. (It only took her 21 years to get British citizenship from first application.)

She puts a huge strain on the education system…by being a teacher.

Some her her friends put a huge strain…[Read more]

uncomfortable

The preferred spelling is R.A.C.I.S.T.

Not really the point I was getting at. History is littered with reasonable people appeasing the unreasonable. I cannot think of a single instance where it ended well. Pretending that they have a point just eggs them on. This applies to idiot Corbynites as well as racists.

Somebody falling in their sword when the fucked up insulation, you say?

Another question: if someone is using weasel words to downplay their motives, how is it possible to avoid the conclusion they aren’t being honest about their true motives? And in the absence of honesty how is it possible to have debate?

And given the hatred they have unleashed, what can they possibly do to make amends.

No problem.

This is an earlier Dixie Chicks, a version of a Patty Griffin song that I am fairly sure is craftily obscene, in the same way – but rather darker – as Roam, discussed upthread:

And the glorious White Trash Wedding:

They’re not racist, but… they’re uncomfortable.

“I’m not a racist, but…”

Yes. They are. Stop making excuses for them.

Natalie Maines is a quite extraordinary singer and Emily Robison and Martie Maguire are superb musicians . This is sung entirely at the top of her register and is quite breathtaking (check the lyrics and see what a heartbreaker this song is).

100 plays on Spotify, or a 99p purchase on iTunes.

he was sacked from on newspaper

Twice.

You are a fucking idiot.

Just fuck off.

Rough Trade is probably the most famous label in punk and post-punk.

Already done.

Also, the electoral college was chosen at the insistence of slave owning states, to protect their interests.

Cummings is an amoral lying fascist, Milne an amoral lying communist, Adonis something of a has-been but trustworthy and with an intact moral compass.

Hope that helps.

Edit: For clarity, I am using the F and C words in their correct sense, not as hyperbole.

Further to the note upthread about anti-semitic tropes, this epic thread is a handy explainer. It is very much from the PoV of a alienated former Labour-supporting Jew, but really the tropes are universal and used by hard left and hard right alike. You should follow Sara Gibbs she is very funny and outstanding (and sometimes…[Read more]

I am not remotely interested in engaging with your witless sophistry.

Just fuck off please.

did Jewish families move accounts off-shore or was this a deliberate ranting?

It’s a classic anti-semitic trope, and a favourite of the anti-semitic left. All Jews are rich, innit? (‘Rootless cosmopolitan”, although a slur more commonly associated with Nazis was, in fact, nicked from Stalin.)

2016 referendum: 48/52 and as a matter of law…[Read more]

Is this it?

Alas, the teaser is region-locked.